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Here's a roundup of nearly 50 resources for LGBTQ+ families in Chicago, from housing support and health care services to social justice and skateboarding groups.

The Chicago Loop Alliance will expand its team to 40 ambassadors starting June 5. They are unarmed and have been professionally trained in how to de-escalate situations.

Plus: Find out how record shops are celebrating Record Store Day across Chicago.

Preservationists have argued the two buildings should be converted into an archive. The federal government will have the final say on what to do.

The race has been controversial among residents, who have argued little has been revealed about the event's logistics.

Budlong's locations in Lincoln Square, Lincoln Park, the Loop and Hyde Park will host grand reopening events next week with discounts on food.

The electrified third rail failed, stalling a Brown Line train near Merchandise Mart, Fire Department officials said. Riders were helped down to a catwalk next to the tracks to make it back to the station.

From Irish music concerts to block parties, we've got you covered.

Preservation Chicago's 2023 list of endangered buildings includes the Century and Consumer Buildings, Taft Hall and Jeffery Theater Building and Spencer Arms Hotel.

Grant Park will be booked 84 days between May 18 and Aug. 13 to stage events. The Taste, a Chicago tradition since 1980, does not appear on the schedule, and a plan to relocate it is on hold.

Narrative features numerous books authored by women of color, with the space made to feel like a "literal dream."

CPS and its charter schools were already struggling with a lack of bilingual staff and resources before asylum-seekers were sent to Chicago, CTU leaders said. It's unclear how many school-aged migrant children have come to the area.

The pop-up inside The Kimpton Gray Hotel will be open through the end of the month featuring all women authors of color.

Jim Ascot, a commercial real estate broker, and Bill Conway, a Navy veteran and former prosecutor, are going head to head to represent the newly drawn ward covering parts of Downtown and the West Loop.

The funding kicks off the planning and design process for the Point, which may soon be named a Chicago landmark. City and federal agencies will seek design proposals to preserve its "historic nature" later this year.

The district includes parts of Downtown, South Loop and Near South Side. Here are the candidates.

The 42nd Ward alderman, first elected in 2007, has never faced an opponent in four reelection bids. In his next term, he wants to kill the deal to bring NASCAR races Downtown streets.

Brehmer, whose radio career included stints in New York and Minnesota, has been a familiar voice on WXRT since 1984, when he became the station's music director. 

A proposed ordinance would have cameras added on CTA buses and light posts to catch drivers parked illegally in bike lanes, bus lanes and loading zones — and they'd be ticketed.